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The World at War
The best documentary about WWII.
A multi-volumed documentary mini-series, "The
World at War" covers the entire history of World War II from the causes of the
1920s to the aftermath of the Cold War in the 1950s. Emphasis is also placed on
several inside story episodes, where events are covered which occurred inside
Germany and Japan such as resistance to Hitler, life in general under a
dictatorial regime, and particular emphasis is focused on the Jewish Holocaust. |
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Winston Churchill:
The Wilderness Years (1981) (mini)
The story of Winston Churchill's life between
1929, when he lost his cabinet position, and 1939, when he became Great Britain's
prime minister - a period he described as the most difficult in his life. This
series was a wonderful and unexpected one a quarter century ago. Based on a book
of the same name, it traced the missing period of Winston Churchill's career.
Having been a leading figure in political life from 1903 to 1929, and risen to
such posts as Home Secretary, First Lord of the Admiralty, and Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Churchill was cast adrift when the Tories under Stanley Baldwin lost
office to the Labor Party of Ramsay MacDonald in a general election. |
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War of the Century
(1999) (TV)
Documentary examining Operation Barbarossa,
Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union. In 1941, Nazi Germany, seemingly near
invincible in its military might despite its failure to break the UK in the
Battle of Britain, makes one of its most disastrous military moves. Despite the
danger of a two front war and the existence of a non-aggression pact, Hitler
orders the full scale invasion of the Soviet Union. This series explores the
reasons for this undertaking, its vicious nature on both sides and the general
series of events of the bloodiest theater of the war that would ultimately turn
the tide in the fight against the Third Reich. |
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Western Approaches
(1944)
A wartime documentary, made under the auspices
of the Crown Film Unit, made as a tribute to the Merchant Navy. During WWII they
kept the lifeline to America and the Commonwealth open so that this little
island could fight on. Even as late as 1943/4 when this was made the convoys
still provided vital essential supplies as well as the materiel necessary to
take the fight into Europe. This film dramatises the experiences of many
merchant seamen. |
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